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"HAWAI'I's LIVING LEGEND
Maybe once in a lifetime, you receive a privilege to meet a man that influences the rest of your life...such a man of honor is Stewart Medeiros. His home is
tucked away neatly along the way around Oahu to the North Shore amongst a coastal tropical forest,
a beach to die for, and spirit of Aloha that that you can see and feel. It abides at his home like a
perpetual Hawai'ian Rainbow.
Riding along with Mike and Syl Kop of Hula Supply Center, and
Iwalani Tseu, a grande dame of Hawai'ian Hula...we pulled into Stewart's driveway. He and his smile
were waiting. As a photographer guest and of non-Hawai'ian heritage, I knew the honor it was to be
allowed this photo shoot of his home and shop and his personal and sacred places....and very soon
I understood the spiritual strength of his quiet yet majestic presence when Iwalani broke into a
reverent chant for him. They hugged and cried....and I stood--humbled and speechless. I could not
shoot for a while...I was nonored to be witness to a sacred and beautiful Hawai'ian moment ... thus
began a day of wonders and treasures, of points of view, of gentleness, of lasting smiles, of good food
shared, of warm embraces and fond memories in the air, and then a tour of the Master's shop where
honor is lovingly carved from sacred Hawai'i woods.
When you view these pictures, I hope
they somehow bring to you the feeling, and the greatness, and the gentleness, the love, and the
beauty of this legend of a man...who in a short afternoon captured my heart until I am called back
to the land. .. "May I call him friend...."
John Bartlett,
Photographer of the Dance
"He pa'a ki'i o ka nani, ka 'aina, ka hula a me ka mana o Hawai'i" |
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The Beach
Stewart's Family Home on Windward Coast of Oahu
STEWART VALENTINE MEDEIROS HONORED...
During the E Hula Mau Seventh Annual Hula & Chant Competition in Long Beach California, September 2001, Stewart and his family were honored in a dedication ceremony---recognizing his contribution to Hawai'i and the World of Hula. "His art and his work encourages excellence, beauty, and appreciation,...representative of...Hawai'i and the heart of Stewart Medeiros."
LIVING TREASURE OF HAWAI'I
For information regarding surviving artifacts of Stewart's works, please contact Mike or Syl Kop of Hula Supply Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
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